Centos Xinit Server Error
on a server with no GUI General support questions including new installations Post Reply Print view Search Advanced search 12 posts xinit giving up 1 2 Next lynxus Posts: 26 Joined: 2009/10/17 10:23:06 Contact: Contact lynxus fatal server error no screens found Website How to install X on a server with no GUI Quote Postby lynxus » 2009/10/17 10:25:43 xorg Hi Guys,I have a centos box, How do I go about installing a GUI(Say Gnome ) on it so I can rdp to it?Im getting tired trying to manage virtual box through my ssh connection and other things.ThanksGraham Top pschaff Retired Moderator Posts: 18276 Joined: 2006/12/13 20:15:34 Location: Tidewater, Virginia, North America Contact: Contact pschaff Website Re: How to install X on a server with no GUI Quote Postby pschaff » 2009/10/17 12:40:16 Welcome to the CentOS fora.# yum grouplist | grep -Ei "gnome|kde" GNOME Desktop Environment GNOME Software Development KDE (K Desktop Environment) KDE Software Development XFCE-4.4So:# yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment"or# yum groupinstall "KDE (K Desktop Environment)"or# yum groupinstall "XFCE-4.4"Need the [extras] repo installed for XFCE. Please read about Installing Software, and Repositories, and note the warnings and advice about installing and configuring the yum priorities plugin. Non-core repos should have a higher numeric value, which is a lower priority. Lower is "better" as in golf scores.You may also want to read about VNC or NX. Top frinks Posts: 8 Joined: 2009/10/19 17:49:02 Re: How to install X on a server with no GUI Quote Postby frinks » 2009/10/19 18:26:48 Done this, and no erros what so ever.So i run startx and received the fallowing error messages:xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2178xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" in PATHUse the --option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of serverfor your display. Possible server names include: Xorg X.org displ
Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Server Fault Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Install x windows on Centos not working up vote http://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14318 2 down vote favorite I'm trying to install x-windows on a remote CentOS 5.3 box. Here's what I did so far: $ yum groupinstall "X Window System" "GNOME Desktop Environment" $ echo PATH=$PATH:/etc/X11 $ xinit I had no problem with the yum install. I set the path to '/etc/X11' because that's where I saw xinit. But when I called xinit, I got the following error: xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" http://serverfault.com/questions/55231/install-x-windows-on-centos-not-working in PATH Use the -- option, or make sure that /usr/bin is in your path and that "X" is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display. Possible server names include: Xorg X.Org displays xinit: Server error. Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console So, I'm thinking X wasn't really installed. So then I check the '/usr/X11R6' directory and all I see is "mkfontdir" and "mkfontscale". Isn't "Xorg" supposed to be in there? What have I done wrong? centos installation x11 x11forwarding share|improve this question asked Aug 17 '09 at 20:48 Great Kindness Check out /etc/X11 I'm running RHEL my xorg.conf is in there. –RateControl Aug 17 '09 at 20:55 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote accepted First of all, running "echo PATH=$PATH:/etc/X11" won't actually change the path - it'll just echo it. You should use the "export" command instead of "echo". I just tried the above commands you mentioned, excluding the path command, and it worked fine for me. Perhaps you inadvertently changed the PATH to exclude /usr/bin/, which is where the X binary is located in CentOS 5.3? Given that it's remote, you probably don't want to start an X server on the machine itself anyway. Try sshing into the system with the
here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25088274/centos-6-not-displaying with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=58317 Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up CentOS 6 not displaying up vote 0 down vote favorite I installed CentOS on Oracle VirtualBox and it run perfectly fine on command line but then I installed desktop environment by typing the following command: yum groupinstall "X windows system" server error "KDE Desktop", edit the initdefault id from 3 (command line) to 5 (GUI), save the file and reboot the system but it doesn't display the login screen, in fact it hangs on loading. . Please help me out in this. I can't attach the image as the message pops up stating that i need at least 10 reputation to post images... I will write down the last two lines when it hangs.. Starting postfix : [OK] Starting httpd: [OK] Starting crond: [OK] Thanks. centos centos xinit server virtualbox centos6.5 share|improve this question edited Aug 1 '14 at 20:56 Etan Reisner 48.3k32555 asked Aug 1 '14 at 20:37 Furqan Khan 14 What happens if you switch to a TTY (ex: Right Ctrl + F3), login and run startx? –Salem Aug 1 '14 at 20:46 @Salem Did you mean alt or ctrl-alt there? –Etan Reisner Aug 1 '14 at 20:57 hostname: unknown host xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): no server "/usr/bin/X" in PATH xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. –Furqan Khan Aug 1 '14 at 20:58 @EtanReisner Ctrl+alt+F3 would change TTY on the host system (if running Linux). To change it in the VM you have to use the Right Ctrl. –Salem Aug 1 '14 at 21:11 @FurqanKhan Check again if X was installed with yum groupinstall "X Window System". BTW you are really using the VM (ie you are typing those commands in VirtualBox window) or you are connected to the VM by SSH? –Salem Aug 1 '14 at 21:18 | show 4 more comments 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 0 down vote It seems that some yum commands are case sensitive (atleast install and groupinstall), so the correct command is $ yum groupinstall "X Window System" "KDE Desktop" share|improve this answer answered Aug 1 '14 at 23:12 Salem 7,18321429 add a comment| Your Answer dr
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